Atlantic City has since slipped to third place behind Nevada and Pennsylvania, whose casinos touched off the New Jersey resort town's revenue and employment plunge in 2007. Revel opened in April 2012 as the first new casino in Atlantic City since the Borgata opened nine years earlier, and was seen as the last, best hope to provide a catalyst to jolt what had been the nation's second-largest gambling market back to life. 'We know that they have provided an outstanding experience for our guests and will continue to do so through this process.' 'We thank all of our employees for their professionalism, dedication and hard work,' the company statement said. 2 will take place as planned, but those scheduled after that date will be canceled, the company said. All concerts and events that were scheduled before Sept. 10, but announced in the email that the hotel will close at 11 a.m. The company previously planned to close the casino resort Sept. The closing will put about 3,100 people out of work. The $2.4 billion Revel Casino Hotel that opened just over two years ago as a hoped-for savior for Atlantic City's flagging casino industry will close a week earlier than originally planned, the company announced in an email Friday. Revel Casino Hotel in Atlantic City is closing a week earlier than planned.ĪTLANTIC CITY, N.J.
